A    Book  of 


Cheerful  "cats 

AND    OTHER 

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Animated  Animals 


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The   Donkey  and  his  Company 

Late! 

Pictures  with  a   Moral  for   Boys  and   Dogs 

YE   Joyful  Owl 

A  Queer   Barber-Shop         .... 

The  Cat  and  the  Cream    ' 

Stopy  of  the  Catnip  Ball 

A  Happy  New  Ye^r 


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But  their  joy  was  turned  to  grief 
When  their  charger  bit  a  leaf 
That  was  growing  in   a   region   near  the 
stars. 


*2\    very    Tri  evppy-  Tetrrcily 

The-  Ivlothe-i"  sings    e>-  Sono   of  "ybu.ln   and   JVlay, 
The-  Texthe-r   doth   trie,    fe-stive-    fiddle^   play, 

JMe-ighborS     strolling     on   the-  £ c-nce, 

Stop     eind   smile-   -with,    joy    irale-nsc-, 
"While-  lh,e-  happy  K.ittons     danci   the-  live-long    day. 


DUTIFUL       PARENT. 


Crie-cl     a.     Cab     lo    his    "wife/  ,      Se-c,  my  a^ai", 

The-      su.pcrl.Ev.ltvc-   Circus      is     hc-re-  ! 

"Wtlk    Ike-    chilclre-rc    we/U    go, -'tis    our   duly,  you.   Know, 

Thc-ir    young    xrairccls     lo    enlighten.     eincL     chce-r. 


Let  us  give  him  a  scare, 

So  he  '11  leave  it  right  there." 


This  will  show  the  success  of 
the  scheme. 


The-  ScE\.re» 


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THEY  DIDNV    HAVE  A  PENWy, 
AND  COULDN'T    BORROW  ANY, 

AND  THEY  OWED  EXACTLY  HALF.ADIME   FOR   COAl.  ; 
SO  THEY  SAID, "WE'LL  RUN  AWAY,  - 
WHEN  A  GOOSE   CAME  OUT  TO  SAY-. 

YOU  MUST  PAY  TWO  CENTS  APIECE  ALL'ROUND  FOR  TOLL! 


V^  Raging*, Roaring;  Lion,  of  a  Lamb-devouring  Kind, 
iAejormecl  and  le-d  a.  swae-t,  submissive.  Life-, 
lor  wit  I?  face  all  steepect  in  srnil&s  „ 

jie-  propg-lle-d  a  Lamb  for  rrm&s, 
y\nd  h<z  wed  a,  woolly -Spinster 
for  a  wife.  — 


"V& 


it 


iif  |^^^]T^TT!,]!, 


Quits. 


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Che/    C^re^msu    Cjcrarri^lKiri 


=^>" 


V_ >Ho,res  ■wa.s    an.   old-    Cat    xieimescL  "TT2et<icLxa.ff 
"TxJho    <iou,lcL    j  oKe-    li.ll    you    c.vi<f,cL,    Hold ,  c-rcou-gir ! 
*TH[is  "OOifc-   and  Jtis  C-KilcL    £o    pG-r-aist  j/ntly    A-milc-d 
Ghat    theAl-   6nt.cKs     cjot     a,  loc-micm-crat    pviff. 


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Euchred  ! 


OH,  cle^cxr'  Ps-toa. ! "  three-  cn.ilcWe.ra  erie.cL, 
"Yo-u.   loromiSe-cL     don't  you  Know? 
Tlaett   next  wltcr!  ■you.   slr.ou.lcL  ,  tetKe.   a.  ricia, 

_A.ll    three-    of    cts  shou-tcL    Co  " 
I    DID,    thett   fa.trae.ir  sa.icL.      ^¥"oxj.  Knc 
I    n«,vci"    Spe^x-K.   ©A  retractoim, . 
So     tfct    ■you.T'    l-olle.i'-sKate.S .  ~Wc-  LI   do 
Off    ira     et    le>eocixz0    LevracLe-i-ra '. 


5S# 


Study  of  Hedgehog  Stealing  Apple. 


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tT 


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The  Spring  Curtain.     A  drama  in  five  acts. 


i.     Which? 


2.     The  Choice. 


i.     The  Rivals. 


4.      "Ha,  the  Spring  Curtain 


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5.     Revenge. 


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^7> 


1     I  ■■■• 
Wi^P^rM  '*  'era 


A^  Tam  o  Shanter  D  og 
_/\ncL  a  plaintive  piping  Trocr, 
"With,  a  Cat  \vhose  one  extravagance  \vas 

clothes, 
""Went  to  see  a.  Bounding  Bug 
Dance  a-  jig  upon  a  rug, 
While  a  Beetle  balanced  bottles  on. 

his  nose. 


$m$\%$ 


m^  * 


<M^^ 


A  desultory  Dog  once  met  a  dis- 
contented Donkey  who  could  form  no 
plans  for  his  summer  vacation.  "Why 
not  go  with  me  to  Bayreuth  ?  "  said 
the  Dog.  "We  '11  hear  some  music 
there,  besides  meeting  all  our  friends." 
"Agreed,"  cried  the  Donkey;  "'t  is  a  happy  thought."    And  they  shook  hands  on  it. 


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i&i  $?W'i. 


$1m 
Mm' 


On  the  way  they  met  a  fashionable  Cat, 
and  also  a  proud  and  sensitive  young  Fowl, 
who  both  declared  they  had  long  desired  to 
go  to  Bayreuth.  And  so  the  four  walked  on 
in  company. 


About  noon  the  second  day  they  sudden- 
ly stopped  to  listen,  for  they  heard  distant 
music.  "That  must  be  the  ending  of  an 
overture,"  said  the  Dog.  "I  should  judge 
by  the  sound  we  were  now  about  three 
miles  from  the  Opera  House." 


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Arriving  at  the  Opera  House,  they 
found  all  the  seats  were  sold,  and  that 
they  could  gain  no  admittance ;  and  this 
so  disappointed  the  sensitive  Fowl  that 
the  others  kindly  assisted  him  to  look  in 
at  an  upper  window. 

The  music  which  poured  from  the 
building  now  so  stirred  them  that  they 
simultaneously  burst  into  song. 


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After  the  opera  they  all  went  to  the  Inn,  where  they  had  an 
excellent  dinner,  and  then  spent  the  evening  in  happy  festivity. 


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Their  musical  sensibilities  were  now  so  quickened  that  they  resolved  to  give  a 
concert  themselves,  which  was  a  great  success  and  aroused  immense  enthusiasm. 


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Late 


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"T"!  ;n  it 


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Pictures  with  a  Moral  for  Boys  and  Dogs.     I. 


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III. 


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^e     j  OYFVL  OWL  • 

N  OWL.Wift  a  Wage   o-f  Jo^x, 


0\ace  (\a.{se-<L    a   Kate  Q-TeenaWa^  Bo^- 
^TWill    BrealCln    ry  NeW  Skoes, 
/VncL  my  QkilcLTe7i   7Vmvfej  — 
And    It    Did:-bvt   Alas!   for/  Bo^. 


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f^Sfcg' 


*snv>i »,  i ' 


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A  Queer  Barber-shop. 


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V 


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1 1  In 


'I       ,M|,'I 


Scene  1. 


Scene  II. 


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Story  of  the  Catnip  Ball.       The  Beginning. 


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